History of the #22 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 22nd overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. The most productive by games played is Demaryius Thomas (152), drafted in 2010. DB is the most common position selected at this slot (6 times).

Every #22 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	1	22	BUF	John Pitts	DB	Arizona State
1968	1	22	KC	George Daney	OG	UTEP
1969	1	22	OAK	Art Thoms	DT	Syracuse
1970	1	22	LAR	Jack Reynolds	LB	Tennessee
1971	1	22	IND	Don McCauley	RB	North Carolina
1972	1	22	IND	Tom Drougas	OT	Oregon
1973	1	22	CLE	Pete Adams	OG	USC
1974	1	22	DAL	Charley Young	RB	N.C. State
1976	1	22	LA	Mike Dawson	DT	Arizona
1977	1	22	CIN	Mike Cobb	TE	Michigan State
1979	1	22	DEN	Kelvin Clark	G	Nebraska
1980	1	22	TB	Ray Snell	G	Wisconsin
1981	1	22	CLE	Hanford Dixon	CB	Southern Mississippi
1982	1	22	GB	Ron Hallstrom	G	Iowa; Iowa, Central University of
1983	1	22	LAC	Gill Byrd	DB	San Jose State
1984	1	22	SEA	Gordon Hudson	TE	BYU
1984	1	22	SEA	Terry Taylor	CB	Southern Illinois
1985	1	22	CHI	William Perry	DT	Clemson
1986	1	22	NYJ	Mike Haight	OT	Iowa
1987	1	22	SF	Harris Barton	C	North Carolina
1988	1	22	HOU	Lorenzo White	RB	Michigan State
1989	1	22	IND	Andre Rison	WR	Michigan State
1990	1	22	PHI	Ben Smith	DB	Georgia
1991	1	22	CHI	Stan Thomas	OT	Texas
1992	1	22	CHI	Alonzo Spellman	DE	Ohio State
1993	1	22	LAC	Darrien Gordon	DB	Stanford
1994	1	22	LV	Rob Fredrickson	OLB	Michigan State
1995	1	22	CAR	Tyrone Poole	DB	Fort Valley State College
1996	1	22	TB	Marcus Jones	DE	North Carolina
1997	1	22	DAL	David LaFleur	TE	LSU
1998	1	22	NE	Tebucky Jones	DB	Syracuse
1999	1	22	SEA	Lamar King	DE	Saginaw Valley State; Montgomery JC (MD)
2000	1	22	SEA	Chris McIntosh	OT	Wisconsin
2002	1	22	NYJ	Bryan Thomas	OLB	UAB
2003	1	22	CHI	Rex Grossman	QB	Florida
2004	1	22	BUF	J.P. Losman	QB	Tulane; UCLA
2006	1	22	SF	Manny Lawson	OLB	N.C. State
2007	1	22	CLE	Brady Quinn	QB	Notre Dame
2008	1	22	DAL	Felix Jones	RB	Arkansas
2009	1	22	MIN	Percy Harvin	WR	Florida
2010	1	22	DEN	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Georgia Tech
2011	1	22	IND	Anthony Castonzo	OT	Boston College
2012	1	22	CLE	Brandon Weeden	QB	Oklahoma State
2013	1	22	ATL	Desmond Trufant	CB	Washington
2014	1	22	CLE	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
2015	1	22	PIT	Bud Dupree	OLB	Kentucky
2016	1	22	WAS	Josh Doctson	WR	TCU; Wyoming
2017	1	22	MIA	Charles Harris	LB	Missouri
2018	1	22	TEN	Rashaan Evans	ILB	Alabama
2019	1	22	PHI	Andre Dillard	OT	Washington State
2020	1	22	MIN	Justin Jefferson	WR	LSU
2021	1	22	TEN	Caleb Farley	CB	Virginia Tech
2022	1	22	GB	Quay Walker	LB	Georgia
2023	1	22	BAL	Zay Flowers	WR	Boston College
2024	1	22	PHI	Quinyon Mitchell	CB	Toledo
2025	1	22	LAC	Omarion Hampton	RB	North Carolina